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Various Artists - Gay Jamaica Independence Time (Expanded Version) (2022)

Various Artists - Gay Jamaica Independence Time (Expanded Version) (2022)

BAND/ARTIST: Various Artists

  • Title: Gay Jamaica Independence Time (Expanded Version)
  • Year Of Release: 1970/2022
  • Label: Trojan Records
  • Genre: Reggae, Rocksteady
  • Quality: FLAC (track)
  • Total Time: 1:16:57
  • Total Size: 266 MB
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Having dominated the rock steady era, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid sought to reinforce his standing as one of Jamaica’s premiere record producers following the arrival of the new reggae sound towards the close of the Sixties.

Numerous best-selling singles duly followed and by the dawn of the following decade, few doubted his Treasure Isle label would continue to be a standard bearer for top quality sounds for many years to come.

Evidence of the high quality of his output throughout this period came in the form of the “Gay Jamaica Independence Time” LP – a 12 track collection comprising a mixture of recent hits and new material, performed by some of the Kingston’s leading talent, notably DJ U Roy, whose early recordings for Reid were in the process of transforming the island’s music industry.

Unissued outside Jamaica at the time, this superb collection is represented here, with the original track-listing augmented with an abundance of relevant bonus material. Featuring vocal and instrumental hits and rarities from some of reggae music’s leading talents, the compilation also highlights the output of Treasure Isle’s sound engineer, Byron Smith during this time, including Tommy Cowan’s previously unissued ‘Stranger In Town’.

1.01 - Hopeton Lewis - Boom Shacka Lacka (2:46)
1.02 - U-Roy - Wake the Town (2:43)
1.03 - The Ethiopians - Condition Bad a Yard (2:30)
1.04 - Earl "Wire" Lindo - White Rum (with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics) (2:26)
1.05 - Earl "Wire" Lindo - Wear You to the Ball (with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics) (2:32)
1.06 - Alton Ellis - Pumping In (2:40)
1.07 - The Tennors - Hopeful Village (2:30)
1.08 - U-Roy - Rule The Nation (2:37)
1.09 - Tommy McCook - Dynamite (2:19)
1.10 - U-Roy - Big Boy & Teacher (2:47)
1.11 - Alton Ellis - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) (3:18)
1.12 - Neville Hinds - Sunday Gravy (with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics) (2:35)
1.13 - Earl "Wire" Lindo - Jamaican National Anthem (1:10)
1.14 - The El Dorados - Soulder Man (with Tommy McCook) (Soldier Man) (2:32)
1.15 - Dorothy Reid - This Is Me (aka If Your Name Is Andy) (2:30)
1.16 - Tommy McCook - Reggae Merengue (2:14)
1.17 - The Ethiopians - Allelujah (Give Me More Soul) (2:40)
1.18 - Aston 'Family Man' Barrett - Key to the City (with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics) (2:45)
1.19 - Nora Dean - Ay Ay Ay Ay (Angle-Lala) (3:05)
1.20 - Tommy McCook - Bellafire (Ball of Fire) (2:15)
1.21 - Duke Reid's All Stars - Chant (3:00)
1.22 - Winston Wright - Hide and Seek (Found Out) [with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics] (2:36)
1.23 - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Take Heed (2:01)
1.24 - the Tommy McCook Quintet - Rock Away (Everyday Is Just a Holiday) (2:27)
1.25 - Slim Smith - What Kind of Life (2:27)
1.26 - Tommy McCook - Bawling People (2:35)
1.27 - The Ethiopians - Mother's Tender Care (3:04)
1.28 - Winston Wright - Psychedelic Reggae (with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics) (2:26)
1.29 - Tony & His Group - Fire Fire (with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics) (Take 3) (3:14)
1.30 - Tommy McCook - Super Soul (2:10)

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  • mufty77
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